Airbus, Rolls-Royce & Siemens electric flight partnership
January 1, 2020
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric…
Read moreHelicopter-airplane hybrid: Cora
March 12, 2018
Cora is an electric helicopter-airplane hybrid built by Kitty Hawk, a company that is financed by the founder of Google: Larry Page. The 12 motors…
Read moreFirst Electric Flight in The Netherlands
October 13, 2017
First electric flight in The Netherlands by Pipistrel Alpha Electro. Source: nos.nl
Read moreFastest manned electric aircraft: Siemens Extra EA-300 – 330LE
March 23, 2017
Siemens fitted an Extra EA-300 acrobatic airplane with an electric engine. The plane broke two records. The first for fastest flying electric manned aircraft, at a…
Read moreSolar Impulse II
July 26, 2016
The Solar Impulse II is the successor and improved version of the Solar Impulse I. It was the first electrically driven airplane to circumnavigate the…
Read moreNASA X-57 Maxwell
May 1, 2015
The NASA X-57 Maxwell is an experimental program from NASA to demonstrate the technology of sustainable aircraft. The plane is a modified Tecnam P2006T aircraft…
Read moreRecord-breaking electric manned aircraft: Long ESA
July 19, 2012
In 2013 the Long ESA, a modified version of the Rutan Long-EZ, broke the world speed record for manned electric planes at 326 km/h. The…
Read moreSolar Impulse I
June 26, 2009
The Solar Impulse I is made for one passenger and receives its energy entirely from the sun. It has an automatic take-off system and is…
Read moreLange Antares
January 1, 2003
The Lange Antares in one of the first commercially available electric glider aircraft.
Read moreHuman- and solar-powered: Solair I and II
August 21, 1983
The Solair I was an electric aircraft that was both powered by human muscles and solar panels. The 2499 solar panels provided the plane with…
Read moreFirst solar powered aircraft: Mauro Solar Riser
April 29, 1979
The Mauro Solar Riser was the first manned ultralight airplane powered by solar energy. The plane was based on the UFM Easy Riser glider airframe. The…
Read moreFirst manned electric aircraft: Militky MB-E1
October 23, 1973
The Militky MB-E1 was a modified version of the HB-3 airframe and the first manned electric aircraft to make a successful flight. The first flight took place…
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